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Ganton railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Ganton, North Yorkshire, England, on the York to Scarborough Line and was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway. In order to speed up traffic on the line, most of the intermediate stations including Ganton were closed to passenger traffic in 1930. Accordingly, it closed to passenger traffic on 22 September 1930, and was finally closed to goods traffic in 1964.

The 31st Curtis Cup Match was played on 24 and 25 June 2000 at Ganton Golf Club in Ganton, North Yorkshire, England. The United States won 10 to 8.

The 8th Ryder Cup Matches were held 16–17 September 1949, at Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The United States team won the competition by a score of seven to five.Still recovering from his near-fatal automobile accident in February, Ben Hogan was the non-playing captain of the U.S. team. He returned as a competitor for a final time in 1951. The U.S. team's decision to bring a half ton of meat to England made headlines.Hogan objected to the depth of the grooves on some British players' irons, and they were modified before being allowed into the competition. Britain led three to one after the first day, but the U.S. won six of eight matches in singles on Saturday to keep the Cup.The Ganton course measured 6,632 yards (6,064 m) for this Ryder Cup.

Ganton Golf Club is a golf club in Ganton, North Yorkshire, England. It has an 18-hole golf course that has hosted many major tournaments, including the 1949 Ryder Cup. Ganton has been widely rated as one of the best golf courses in England and one of the very best in Yorkshire. It has also been rated in the top-100 courses in the world by Golf Digest.

The 2003 Walker Cup, the 39th Walker Cup Match, was played on 6 and 7 September 2003, at Ganton Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England. The event was won by Great Britain and Ireland 12½ to 11½, marking the first time that Great Britain & Ireland had three consecutive wins.

Ganton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the south side of the Vale of Pickering immediately north of the Yorkshire Wolds. Ganton lies 7 miles (11 km) west of the coastal town of Filey, and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Scarborough. The village appears in the Domesday Book and its name is thought to mean 'Galma's farmstead'.It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Between 1974 and 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council. Ganton is situated on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail and Centenary Way, long-distance footpaths. Its most notable landmark is its golf course. The Ganton Golf Club has hosted the Ryder Cup matches in 1949, The Amateur Championship three times, in 1964, 1977 and 1991, and the Walker Cup in 2003. The Grade II listed Ganton Hall is the family seat of the investment banker and businessman Nicholas Wrigley.The village church on Main Street is dedicated to St Nicholas. The 13th-15th century building is Grade II* listed.The small village of Potter Brompton lies at the western end of the parish. Ganton Cricket Club field two teams in the Scarborough Beckett Cricket League. Ganton cricket team plays at the ground overlooking the A64 next to the village hall.

Potter Brompton is a small village in the English county of North Yorkshire, on the A64 road from Malton to Scarborough. The village is situated just a few hundred yards off the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail and lies within the parish of Ganton. The population statistics for the village area included in those for the whole parish of Ganton.It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. The village was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council. Potter Brompton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having 29 ploughlands, but no villagers. The land originally belonged to Earl Morcar, but after the Conquest, the land was forfeited to William the Conqueror.The village is well served by public transport; it has an hourly bus service through the day on the Yorkshire Coastliner route between Leeds, York, Malton and Scarborough.

St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Ganton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The oldest parts of the church are the chancel and the transept arch, which date from the 13th century. Much of the church was rebuilt in the 14th century, and the nave and south transept survive from this period. In the 15th century, the tower and porch were added. The church was restored in 1843, the work including partial rebuilding of the chancel. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. In 2012, it was placed on the Heritage at Risk Register, as it was in urgent need of repair, but was removed from the register in 2014 as repairs were completed. The church is built of sandstone, the main roof is in stone slate, and the roof of the porch is in stone slab, and the church is in Perpendicular style. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a south transept, a chancel with a north chapel, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with two stages on a plinth, diagonal buttresses, a three-light west window with a pointed head, a southeast stair turret, clock faces on the north and west sides, a string course, bell openings with hood moulds, and a corbel table with masks, fleurons and grotesques. At the top is an embattled parapet and a recessed octagonal spire. Above the porch is a heraldic shield with a coat of arms. Inside the church is a baroque monument to Sir John Legard, and stained glass windows, one by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier and another by William Wailes. The church forms part of the Hertford Benefice within the Deanery of Scarborough. The benefice is named after the River Hertford, which flows through the area.

Ganton Hall is a historic building in Ganton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The manor house was purchased by John Legard in 1586, at which time it was described as "new builded, the walls of chalk-stone and covered with slate". The current country house was built slightly further south between 1866 and 1868, and the old house was demolished in 1870. In 1910, the house was sold to the Wrigley family. In the late 20th and early 21st century, it was the home of Phillida Wrigley and her husband, and more recently the owner has been Nicholas Wrigley. The house was grade II listed in 1992. The house is built of red brick on a chamfered plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, a narrow floor band, a moulded eaves band, and slate roofs with shaped gables. The windows throughout are sashes. There are two storeys and attics, and an H-shaped plan, and a lower service wing with one storey and an attic. The southeast front has five bays, a recessed centre flanked by two-storey canted bay window, and gabled dormers. The southwest front has three bays and contains a canted and a square two-storey bay window. The northwest entrance front has five irregular bays, and contains a porch with coupled Doric columns, an entablature, and a plain parapet. Inside, there is fine coving, a grand wooden staircase, and marble fireplaces, while the laundry has its original stove and drying shelves.

Wykeham Priory was a nunnery in Wykeham, North Yorkshire, England. It was established between 1140 and 1160 and was destroyed by fire during the reign of Edward III.In the mid-18th century, Wykeham Abbey was built on the site of the former priory.

St Hilda's Church is the parish church of Sherburn, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the early 12th century, from which period the nave, chancel arch, and lower stage of the tower survive. The north arcade and tower arch were built around 1200. The exterior was largely rebuilt by C. Hodgson Fowler in 1909–12, his work including a new south arcade, porch, and upper part of the tower. He also replaced most of the doorway, with only a piece of arch and one moulding surviving for reuse. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with an organ chamber and a vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, a chamfered plinth, buttresses, string courses, a square-headed two-light west window with a hood mould, a re-set corbel head, a two light window and a clock face on the south, paired bell openings with pointed heads and hood moulds, a carved cornice, and an embattled parapet with blind tracery and armorial shields. The porch is gabled, and has an entrance with a pointed arch and a hood mould, above which is a sundial. The south doorway has a round arch with three orders and beakhead moulding. Inside, there is a round Norman font and a 20th-century octagonal font, carved wooden furniture including the rood screen, pulpit, altar, choir stalls and pews, a Norman piscina on a pillar, and brass chandeliers.

Weaverthorpe railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Sherburn in North Yorkshire, England. Located on the York to Scarborough Line it was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway. It closed to passengers on 22 September 1930.